Google Assistant Highlights AI Gender Issues

As artificial intelligence gets more and more advanced with the advent of machine learning and neural networks, consumer-facing AI like Cortana and Siri are facing an issue. That issue is the clash between an AI’s subservient identity and the ethics behind giving an AI the illusion of gender. A large number of people end up denying their birth gender or eschewing the concept of a gender entirely, but the fact remains that gender is an issue in modern society. One of the biggest issues with gender is the traditional role and treatment of women, highlighted by the feminist movement. Most AI use a female voice and persona for an AI meant to obey somebody’s every command, and it’s not hard to see where the problem with that lies. Google Assistant…